{"product_id":"9798765153000","title":"Library Music and Imagined Images","description":"\u003ch3\u003eNew Approaches to Sound, Music, and Media\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eLibrary Music and Imagined Images\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eJúlia Durand | Carol Vernallis | Lisa Perrott | Holly Rogers\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eMusic \/ Printed Music \/ Musicals, Film \u0026amp; TV\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis book takes a musicological and sociological lens to the workings of this little-noticed sonic presence that shapes the media of our everyday lives, exploring how library music is created, received and used in online media, and what sets it apart from other musical practices. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLibrary music is an ubiquitous yet often unquestioned presence in contemporary media. This pre-existing music is used in a wide variety of contexts, from television and film trailers to YouTube videos. Although library music was first targeted at professional audiovisual producers, the spread of digital technologies has widened this music industry's client-base to include amateur videographers and online content makers. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDrawing from qualitative interviews with composers and media producers, these actors' perspectives are woven together in order to reach an in-depth insight into library music's creation and synchronization with pictures. The book teases out the patterns and peculiarities of library music that distinguish it from other musical practices: it is cast here as usable music made for imagined images, and as a repository of shared musical imaginaries. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBy exploring how library music is continuously transformed in multiple and unpredictable moments of meaning-making, we also unveil its specificity not as a finished musical work, but rather as a raw material meant to be repurposed and reshaped beyond composers' hands. Ultimately, the book reframes library music as an object worthy of attention – one that can reveal much about music for media today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eJúlia Durand\u003c\/b\u003e is a musicology researcher at CESEM (Centre for Music Studies) and a lecturer at NOVA University of Lisbon, Portugal. Her work is published in volumes such as \u003ci\u003eOxford Handbook of Music and Television\u003c\/i\u003e (forthcoming), and in journals such as \u003ci\u003eMusic, Sound and the Moving Image\u003c\/i\u003e. In addition to library music, her research focuses on music in online media with misinformation. She has published literary fiction and lyrics for music theatre.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e09 July 2026\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9798765153000\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e232\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e17.12\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51331244818572,"sku":"9798765153000","price":108.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_96a92512-9091-41e9-bf54-0cfcbe1e8357.jpg?v=1783595458","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9798765153000","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}